Echodyne is seeking a Senior FPGA Development Engineer - Design and produce radar equipment subsystems composed of Echodyne's industry-leading radars. ROLE OVERVIEWIn this role, you will engage with an experienced cross-disciplinary team to create radar systems solutions thought high-performance, secure software solutions.
You will work closely with colleagues to design and build FPGA solutions, mentor junior engineers, and play a key role in shaping the HDL development practices of the team. This role demands technical ownership, systems knowledge, and a strong quality embedded development mindset. You must be responsive, flexible, and able to succeed within a collaborative and fast-paced environment.
RESPONSIBILITIES- Architect, design, implement, integrate, and test FPGA-based solutions.
- Write efficient, robust, timing optimized, and maintainable VHDL/Verilog code.
- Take responsibility and assume ownership for tasks; seeking guidance when needed.
- Develop and execute a plan of action based on design requirements and constraints.
- Hold and participate in design reviews and peer reviews.
- Work with and support team members, both technical and non-technical. Representing yourself to others with a high level of integrity and professionalism.
- Drive improvements to coding practices and tools across engineering.
- Design and develop reusable cross platform architectures and frameworks.
- Help drive and support testing efforts across teams and projects.
- Work alongside radar, signal processing, and software engineers to implement platform functionality to meet specific system control and signal processing needs.
- Mentor and provide technical direction to junior developers.
REQUIRED SKILLS / EXPERIENCE- Proficient at communicating your ideas, plans and designs to teammates.
- Skilled at delineating scope, preparing work plans, resolving design conflicts, and overseeing design implementation steps.
- Solid understanding of FPGA architectures (DSP, SoC), their hardware/software interfaces, and memory interfaces (DDR, SRAM, Flash).
- Experienced user of FPGA design tools and methodologies, including: simulators and static code analyzers. Specifically: Vivado, Quartus, QuestaSim, Blue Pearl, design documentation software, configuration management software (JIRA), and version control software (Git).
- Embedded systems debugging, troubleshooting, and code-testing knowledge using JTAG debuggers, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, multi-meters, spectrum analyzers.
- Knowledge of Python, tcl, or other scripting languages for development and testing automation.
- Knowledge of software development life cycle, and good coding practices
- Interfacing embedded systems to host computers and peripherals, using common communications protocols (UART, SPI, QSPI, I2C, TCP/UDP IP)
- Experience with common interfaces such as: AXI, AXI-Stream.
DESIRED SKILLS / EXPERIENCE
(Looking for one or more as a complement to the core skills)- Experience with one or more high speed interfaces (CML, LVDS, JESD, SERDES, Ethernet/UDP, Aurora, PCI-E)
- Working DSP knowledge including: developing HDL for Radar, Electronic Warfare, Cellular, or other Wireless Technology.
- Experience in fixed-point math, implementation, tradeoffs, and modeling (Matlab or scipy is a plus).
- Capable of leading a project team of three or more engineers within the discipline or across disciplines.
- Familiar with continuous integration, HIL testing, and Agentic AI workflows.
QUALIFICATIONS- Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, computer science or equivalent military / industry experience
- 5+ years of designing, implementing, building, integrate and testing Verilog/System Verilog and VHDL software solutions.
- Working knowledge of hardware/PCB design and embedded software and verification.
Echodyne's technology is export controlled by the U.S. Government and we must evaluate an applicant's eligibility to handle export-controlled information or obtain required Government authorizations. Therefore, we will ask you as part of the application process to identify whether you are a U.S. Citizen or green card holder, or have asylum/refugee status in the U.S.
WHAT WE OFFERThis is an exempt role.
The salary range for this position is $137,196 - $205,382 per year.If your skills generally align but not perfectly, please apply anyway. There may be another role that's a great fit for you!We offer competitive compensation and benefits to our full-time, US-based employees, including:- RSU (Restricted Stock Units)
- Generous Benefits:
- Fully-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance premiums for you
- Choice of PPO or HDHP/HSA
- Virtual Care - 98Point6
- Employee Assistance Program
- Mental Health coverage through Springhealth & Talkspace (Premera)
- Travel Assistance Insurance
- Company Paid Life Insurance
- Company Paid Short & Long Term Disability
- Flexible PTO (exempt) / 15 days per year (non-exempt)
- 401(k) match
- Pet Insurance
- Prepaid Legal Program
- Commuter Benefits
- Paid Company Holidays
